{"id":326732,"date":"2024-08-01T00:22:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T05:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=326732"},"modified":"2024-08-01T10:16:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T15:16:29","slug":"housekeeper-allegedly-stole-at-least-110k-from-venetian-resort-las-vegas-guest-rooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/housekeeper-allegedly-stole-at-least-110k-from-venetian-resort-las-vegas-guest-rooms\/","title":{"rendered":"Housekeeper Allegedly Stole $110K+ From Venetian Resort Las Vegas Guest Rooms"},"content":{"rendered":"

An employee assigned to clean rooms at the upscale Palazzo Tower at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas<\/a> reportedly cleaned up in another way. She\u2019s accused of swiping more than $110K and other valuable items from guest rooms.<\/p>\n

\"Palazzo
Palazzo Tower at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas, pictured above. A housekeeper stole cash and valuables from guest rooms at the property, police said. (Image: Booking.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Housekeeper<\/a> Maria Menendez Betancourt has been charged with burglary and theft<\/a>. She has three pending cases in local court.<\/p>\n

The repeated thefts took place in June at the Las Vegas Strip luxury property.\u00a0Menendez Betancourt allegedly entered the rooms when she was off duty.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In one incident, more than $8K was stolen from a guest room, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD). Menendez Betancourt was named a suspect after hotel security guards investigated the theft. She allegedly went into the room when no one was there. Guards discovered she wasn\u2019t assigned to work on that floor.<\/p>\n

Used Key Fob<\/h2>\n

Later in June, Menendez Betancourt allegedly used a key fob to enter several guest rooms.<\/p>\n

\n

Over about 90 minutes, Menendez Betancourt was captured on surveillance cameras<\/a> \u201centering multiple rooms on multiple floors,\u201d according to Las Vegas TV station KLAS<\/em>, citing an LVMPD report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

She didn\u2019t have a housekeeping cart with her, so she wasn\u2019t cleaning the rooms.<\/p>\n

She later was apprehended for allegedly stealing more than $110K in cash and checks, as well as other items from a room occupied by an unnamed male guest.<\/p>\n

“Menendez Betancourt discovered these items and concealed them in white bath towels [she] found in the room,\u201d according to the LVMPD arrest report.<\/p>\n

Wearing Stolen Bracelet<\/h2>\n

LVMPD officers arrested her on June 18. At the time of her apprehension, she was wearing a gold bracelet that had been reported stolen from a guest room.<\/p>\n

As the LVMPD continued to investigate thefts from hotel rooms, Menendez Betancourt was arrested on additional charges on July 12.<\/p>\n

The cases against Menendez Betancourt are currently pending in Las Vegas Justice Court. It isn’t clear if more charges could be filed against her or precisely how many thefts occurred at the hotel tower.<\/p>\n

Menendez Betancourt has posted bond<\/a> and was told to stay away from the Las Vegas Strip as a condition of her release.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She has yet to enter pleas on the three cases. If convicted on the charges, she could face a prison sentence. It’s also unclear if the missing items, other than the gold chain, have been recovered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An employee assigned to clean rooms at the upscale Palazzo Tower at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas reportedly cleaned up in another way. She\u2019s accused of swiping more than $110K and other valuable items from guest rooms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":326737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,81886],"tags":[13766,23,82012,91884,83146],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHousekeeper Allegedly Stole $110K From Venetian Resort Rooms<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An employee at the Palazzo Tower at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas stole cash, checks, and other items from rooms. Her cases are in court.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/housekeeper-allegedly-stole-at-least-110k-from-venetian-resort-las-vegas-guest-rooms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Housekeeper Allegedly Stole $110K From Venetian Resort Rooms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An employee at the Palazzo Tower at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas stole cash, checks, and other items from rooms. Her cases are in court.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/housekeeper-allegedly-stole-at-least-110k-from-venetian-resort-las-vegas-guest-rooms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-01T05:22:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-01T15:16:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/palazzo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ed Silverstein\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgedsilv\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ed Silverstein\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/housekeeper-allegedly-stole-at-least-110k-from-venetian-resort-las-vegas-guest-rooms\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/housekeeper-allegedly-stole-at-least-110k-from-venetian-resort-las-vegas-guest-rooms\/\",\"name\":\"Housekeeper Allegedly Stole $110K From Venetian Resort Rooms\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/housekeeper-allegedly-stole-at-least-110k-from-venetian-resort-las-vegas-guest-rooms\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/housekeeper-allegedly-stole-at-least-110k-from-venetian-resort-las-vegas-guest-rooms\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/palazzo.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-01T05:22:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-01T15:16:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e\"},\"description\":\"An employee at the Palazzo Tower at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas stole cash, checks, and other items from rooms. Her cases are in court.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/housekeeper-allegedly-stole-at-least-110k-from-venetian-resort-las-vegas-guest-rooms\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/housekeeper-allegedly-stole-at-least-110k-from-venetian-resort-las-vegas-guest-rooms\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/housekeeper-allegedly-stole-at-least-110k-from-venetian-resort-las-vegas-guest-rooms\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/palazzo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/palazzo.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":768},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/housekeeper-allegedly-stole-at-least-110k-from-venetian-resort-las-vegas-guest-rooms\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Crime & Scandals\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/scandals\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Housekeeper Allegedly Stole $110K+ From Venetian Resort Las Vegas Guest Rooms\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Casino.org\",\"description\":\"Latest Casino and Gaming News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e\",\"name\":\"Ed Silverstein\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Ed Silverstein\"},\"description\":\"Ed Silverstein is a senior reporter covering gambling law and crime news for Casino.org. Ed is an award-winning journalist with credits ranging from the Associated Press to American Lawyer Media. Ed joined the Casino.org news team in 2019 after decades of experience in legal reporting. His past reporting and editing assignments include Cowles Business Media, Columbia University Press, the Connecticut Post, and Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc. Besides the law and its application to the gaming industry, Ed\u2019s areas of expertise span business, politics, education, and state and local government. Ed holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut and master\u2019s degrees from Harvard and Yale. His professional awards include recognition from the New England Press Association and New England AP News Executives. Ed currently resides in Connecticut, where he enjoys photography and bowling in his spare time. Contact Ed at ed.silverstein@casino.org.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/ed-silverstein\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgedsilv\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/ed-silverstein\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Housekeeper Allegedly Stole $110K From Venetian Resort Rooms","description":"An employee at the Palazzo Tower at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas stole cash, checks, and other items from rooms. Her cases are in court.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/housekeeper-allegedly-stole-at-least-110k-from-venetian-resort-las-vegas-guest-rooms\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Housekeeper Allegedly Stole $110K From Venetian Resort Rooms","og_description":"An employee at the Palazzo Tower at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas stole cash, checks, and other items from rooms. Her cases are in court.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/housekeeper-allegedly-stole-at-least-110k-from-venetian-resort-las-vegas-guest-rooms\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2024-08-01T05:22:09+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-08-01T15:16:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":768,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/palazzo.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ed Silverstein","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@casinoorgedsilv","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ed Silverstein","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/housekeeper-allegedly-stole-at-least-110k-from-venetian-resort-las-vegas-guest-rooms\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/housekeeper-allegedly-stole-at-least-110k-from-venetian-resort-las-vegas-guest-rooms\/","name":"Housekeeper Allegedly Stole $110K From Venetian Resort Rooms","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/housekeeper-allegedly-stole-at-least-110k-from-venetian-resort-las-vegas-guest-rooms\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/housekeeper-allegedly-stole-at-least-110k-from-venetian-resort-las-vegas-guest-rooms\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/palazzo.jpg","datePublished":"2024-08-01T05:22:09+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-01T15:16:29+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e"},"description":"An employee at the Palazzo Tower at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas stole cash, checks, and other items from rooms. Her cases are in court.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/housekeeper-allegedly-stole-at-least-110k-from-venetian-resort-las-vegas-guest-rooms\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/housekeeper-allegedly-stole-at-least-110k-from-venetian-resort-las-vegas-guest-rooms\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/housekeeper-allegedly-stole-at-least-110k-from-venetian-resort-las-vegas-guest-rooms\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/palazzo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/palazzo.jpg","width":1024,"height":768},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/housekeeper-allegedly-stole-at-least-110k-from-venetian-resort-las-vegas-guest-rooms\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Crime & Scandals","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/scandals\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Housekeeper Allegedly Stole $110K+ From Venetian Resort Las Vegas Guest Rooms"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/","name":"Casino.org","description":"Latest Casino and Gaming News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e","name":"Ed Silverstein","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png","caption":"Ed Silverstein"},"description":"Ed Silverstein is a senior reporter covering gambling law and crime news for Casino.org. Ed is an award-winning journalist with credits ranging from the Associated Press to American Lawyer Media. Ed joined the Casino.org news team in 2019 after decades of experience in legal reporting. His past reporting and editing assignments include Cowles Business Media, Columbia University Press, the Connecticut Post, and Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc. Besides the law and its application to the gaming industry, Ed\u2019s areas of expertise span business, politics, education, and state and local government. Ed holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut and master\u2019s degrees from Harvard and Yale. His professional awards include recognition from the New England Press Association and New England AP News Executives. Ed currently resides in Connecticut, where he enjoys photography and bowling in his spare time. Contact Ed at ed.silverstein@casino.org.","sameAs":["https:\/\/muckrack.com\/ed-silverstein","https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgedsilv"],"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/ed-silverstein\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326732"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326732"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326770,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326732\/revisions\/326770"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}